稿
draft, copy, manuscript, straw
Readings
On'yomi
- コウ
Kun'yomi
- わら
- したがき
Meaning
稿 centers on a preliminary written version: a draft, manuscript, or copy. The straw meaning is a separate, older sense referring to rice straw, which is less common in modern usage.
Most common words using 稿
20 of 57- 投稿とうこうN1
contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a blog, social media, etc.)
- 原稿げんこうN2
manuscript; copy; draft; notes; contribution
- 稿こう
manuscript; version; draft
- 寄稿きこう
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
- 本稿ほんこう
this article; this paper; this manuscript
- 出稿しゅっこう
placing (an ad); submission of advertising copy
- 草稿そうこう
notes; draft; manuscript
- 起稿きこう
beginning writing (a draft); drafting
- 改稿かいこう
revising (a manuscript); rewriting
- 脱稿だっこう
finishing writing; completion of a manuscript
- 初稿しょこう
first draft; first proof
- 遺稿いこう
posthumous manuscripts
- 予稿よこう
preliminary draft; abstract
- 原稿用紙げんこうようしN1
Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper
- 稿料こうりょう
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
- 送稿そうこう
document transmission
- 投稿欄とうこうらんN1
reader's column; letters-to-the-editor column
- 予定稿よていこう
pre-prepared article
- 入稿にゅうこう
sending (a manuscript, artwork, etc.) to the printer
- 再投稿さいとうこう
repost (e.g. of an online article); resubmission; revised submission
Study
Etymology
稿 combines 禾 (grain/rice plant) with 高, which likely contributes the sound. The original meaning was rice straw, and the writing-related senses developed later, possibly through the idea of a rough draft being like straw—something preliminary.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side 禾 is a rice plant, and the right side 高 suggests something tall. Imagine tall rice plants being harvested, and the leftover straw is used to make rough paper for writing drafts.
Reading mnemonic
For コウ, imagine a writer named Kou who always drafts manuscripts on straw paper: Kou -> コウ.